Responding to the Research, Energy and Industry (ITRE) Committee’s vote on the European Parliament Report on Offshore Safety, Malcolm Webb, Oil & Gas UK’s chief executive, said: “Oil & Gas UK welcomes the ITRE Committee’s recognition of the merits of the UK’s ‘safety case’ regime and its acknowledgement that duplicating or compromising existing good practice must be avoided.

“We also welcome the acknowledgement that bodies such as OSPRAG have drawn lessons from the Gulf of Mexico incident and have already taken concrete actions to enhance oil spill prevention and response capabilities, such as the development of the UK capping device.

“Oil & Gas UK also echo the Committee’s concerns that an EU-level 'controller of controllers' will not bring sufficient added-value to justify draining scarce regulatory resources from national competent authorities. Any new EU legislative proposals must be carefully conceived in order to add genuine value. If, however, they risk adversely affecting the already fit for purpose regulatory regime in place in the UK, Oil & Gas UK will strongly oppose them.

“Oil & Gas UK will therefore closely monitor the evolution of the report and the result of the Parliament’s Plenary vote this Autumn.”

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